EA Announces Star Wars Zero Company, a Turn-Based Strategy Title From Respawn and Bit Reactor

Electronic Arts has confirmed its next Star Wars game following a leak. Star Wars Zero Company is a single-player turn-based tactics game developed by Bit Reactor in partnership with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games. EA has yet to reveal details about the game, but it will debut the strategy game at the Star Wars Celebration event in Japan on April 19.

Star Wars Zero Company Announced

Star Wars Zero Company was confirmed by EA and the official Star Wars website on Monday, days after screenshots of the strategy game leaked online. Ahead of the game’s full reveal, the publisher has shared key art showcasing a team of agents from the Star Wars universe.

“Recruit an unconventional team of agents and deploy them to the faraway Star Wars Zero Company for a mission unlike any other in the galaxy!” reads the latest update on the Star Wars website.

“The newly released single-player turn-based tactics game, developed by Bit Reactor in partnership with Respawn Entertainment and Lucasfilm Games, will share the first details of the game currently in development with attendees of Star Wars Celebration Japan.”

EA has confirmed that the game is in development for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series S/X. The game will debut at Star Wars Celebration Japan on April 19 at 4:30 pm JST (1pm IST).

Respawn and Bit Reactor are also currently hiring for the Star Wars Zero corporate development team, with open positions listed on their websites. According to job postings on Respawn’s website, the strategy game will be directed by Greg Foertsch, who previously served as art director for strategy games XCOM 2 and XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Star Wars Zero Company is being developed in Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 5.

“Respawn is partnering with independent studios Bit Reactor and Lucasfilm Games to create a new AAA Star Wars strategy game under the leadership of game director Greg Foertsch. By leveraging the power of the Unreal Engine 5 engine to bring their strategy game to a galaxy far, far away, the Bit Reactor team hopes to add passionate, collaborative and experienced talent to their rapidly growing team,” reads a listing on Respawn’s website.

Bit Reactor is currently hiring for the game’s Senior Quest Designer, Senior Graphics Engineer, and Senior Filmmaker.

Respawn is best known for its Star Wars Jedi series of third-person action-adventure games. The studio is developing the third and final game in the series, a follow-up to 2023’s Star Wars Jedi: Survivors.

Last year, EA confirmed that Respawn was working on the “final chapter” of Jedi Knight Cal Kestis’ story.